A spokesman for Massachusetts General Hospital said the Someone Like You singer underwent vocal chord microsurgery to stop recurrent bleeding from a benign polyp.

The hospital said the 23-year-old Grammy winner went to Boston to undergo the surgery with Dr Steven Zeitels, director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Voice Centre.

Last month Adele was forced to cancel all her live dates and promotional appearances for the rest of the year after a series of health issues, prompting speculation in some quarters that the star was suffering with throat cancer.

Her record label XL slammed the reports and reiterated that Adele’s surgery was to fix a haemorrhaged vocal chord, with the singer expected to make a full recovery from the laser microsurgery.